Editorial: Legendary Limerick team stand among the greats of hurling
There was never any shortage of great hurlers in Limerick. There was never any shortage of great fans in Limerick either. All too often though, the county was regarded as the third-best county in Munster behind Cork and Tipperary. Limerick was a hurling superpower in all, bar the number of titles. Remarkably, this was a county with only one All-Ireland win in the space 78 years. From the legendary Mick Mackey-inspired team in 1940, winning its third title in a decade, the county then had to wait all the way to 1973, with Éamonn Grimes lifting the trophy. There followed an unmerciful famin...